Charlotte (MotherOwl) is providing the prompts on her blog. Her colour of the month is pale ivory.
today the prompts are:
Fish
Kettle
Black
Human
Cloister
Serene
And/or
Flagstone
Quarry
Bush
Rowan
Finnish
Mango
SIBLING TURMOIL by Granny Annie
People said that my sister Ruby and I acted like a couple of FISH wives. We could argue about nothing like the pot always calling the KETTLE BLACK. It was a HUMAN condition of siblings since the beginning of time. Our parents considered admitting us to a local CLOISTER of nuns where we might learn to become more SERENE.
The threat of joining us in religious seclusion was enough to cause us to join hands as comrades. We quietly tiptoed across the FLAGSTONE floor of our home and headed for the QUARRY. We had each filled our PALE IVORY aprons with MANGOs, the healthiest of fruits, to nourish us on our journey.
Wc could hear FINNISH mumbling as our family followed our tracks. Hiding behind the ROWAN BUSH did not offer the cover we desired. Ruby began to cry and was heard. We were jerked from behind the bushes. I quickly lashed out at Ruby for giving away our hiding place. Our father took each of us by the ear and began pulling us toward home. Our short-lived truce ended and we began to argue, placing blame on each other once again.
My brothers were just like that. Sadly, many years later, they do not talk.
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